Yusef lateef has always sought to extend the boundaries of musical expression. The official website for yusef lateef, fana music and al nur publications. Find yusef lateef discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Four classic albums plus jazz mood before dawn the dreamer cry tender. His new book, duets for treble clef instruments, is a remarkable gift to the musical world from one of the greatest artists of the twentiethcentury, a visionary with vast. All compositions by yusef lateef except as indicated oboe blues 5.
Yusef lateef born october 9, 1920, chattanooga, tennessee, usa died december 23, 20, amherst, massachusetts, usa was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya muslim community in america, following his conversion to islam in 1950. Find yusef lateef discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Gillespie s band, yusef lateef returned to detroit, the city where he had grown up as a jazz musician. The five atmospheric tracks feature fine solos from most members of the band and lateef is especially impressive on tenor saxophone.
Although not an essential yusef lateef album the obscure and hardtofind jazz mood is a good representation of the easterninfluenced modern jazz. Yusef lateef s flute book of the blues and the repository of scales and melodic patterns have had a profound affect upon my growth as a flutist and composer. Yusef lateef repository of scales and melodic patterns full. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with eastern music. Multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef mesmerizes with his 1972 release, the gentle giant. An interview with yusef lateef ann arbor district library. A superior tenor saxophonist with a soulful sound and impressive technique, by the 1950s lateef was one of the top flutists around. In 1950, after a year on tour with dizzy gillespies band, yusef lateef returned to detroit, the city where he had grown up as a jazz musician. Hard bop postbop modern creative jazz instrument saxophone jazz world fusion.
Continuing his quest for new vistas in jazz, yusef lateef s 1989 release nocturnes is a subtle, even brooding, musical project that uses sound colors and stark musical landscapes to create, above all else, a. Records 1957 before dawn savoy records 195758 jazz moods jazz for the thinker. He played with lucky millinder 1946, hot lips page, roy eldridge, and dizzy gillespies big band 19491950. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Yusef lateef recorded 6 lps for the savoy label in 1957 and 1959. Yusef lateef hellbound 1976 soul jazz by magrosi65. Psychicemotus was released in 1965 and features yusef lateef on various flutes and tenor saxophone, georges arvanitas on piano, bassist reggie workman, and drummer james black. He was a fixture on the detroit jazz scene of the 50s where he studied flute at wayne state university. Jazz mood is the first released album by multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the savoy label. Peter keepnews, in his new york times obituary of lateef, wrote that the. Yusef lateef was exploring fusions of jazz with asian and middle eastern rhythms, instruments and concepts without fanfare long before worldbeat or world fusion was in vogue. Jazz for the thinker 12 12 single, 3345 rpm, lp 12 album, 33 rpm lateef, yusef artist format.
Yeah, milt jackson was in the same music class that i was. A mix of jazz with soul, the album showcases lateef s unmatched musicianship. Jazz mood by yusef lateef, released 01 february 2018 1. The allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars track listing. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Eastern sounds is an album by jazz saxophonist and multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef, recorded in 1961. Although lateef s main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also used a number of nonwestern instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. Yusef lateef born william emanuel huddleston, october 9, 1920 is an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and educator and a renowned spokesman for the ahmadiyya muslim community after his conversion to islam in 1950. The souljazz albums yusef lateef recorded for atlantic between 1967. Lateef, who did not care much for the term jazz, consistently created music that stretched and even broke through boundaries.
With his powerfully preaching tenor sax tone and fluent. His innovative style revolutionized the jazz scene. Mud theater in the early 1980s, famed jazz saxophonist and musical luminary yusef lateef traveled to nigeria as a senior research fellow to study, write, and teach at the centre for nigerian cultural studies at ahmadu bello university. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music.
That same year he recorded jazz moods, an album featuring for the first time these new instruments. Lateef and his group were playing in detroit at the time, and they. Albums include eastern sounds, psychicemotus, and the blue yusef lateef. The opening track features lateef on chinese globular flute, generally called xun. Lateefs morning comes from jazz mood savoy, 1957, whose.
The album features lateef s continued exploration of middle eastern music, which were incorporated into his version of hard bop with a quartet featuring barry harris on piano. Passion bonus track first time since decades reissued on vinyl. Rock n roll country blues archive videos recommended for you. Yusef lateef s morning lateef from his album jazz mood. Yusef lateef long had an inquisitive spirit and he was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. Yusef lateef in a temple garden 19792016 official digital download 24bit192khz yusef lateef eastern sounds rudy van gelder remaster 19612014 official digital download 24bit44,1khz yusef lateef yusef lateef s little symphony 1987 2011 official digital download 24bit192khz more posts. Lateef performs numerous wind instruments on the album but the true highlight is his funky use of the flute. Provided to youtube by universal music group yusefs mood yusef lateef live at peps. Yusef lateefs autophysiopsychic quest daedalus mit press.
Yusef lateef born william emanuel huddleston, october 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and educator and a renowned spokesman for the ahmadiyya muslim community after his conversion to islam in 1950. Yusefs mood cd4 2008 jazz yusef lateef download jazz. The album was produced from lateef s second recording session. Yusef lateef feel the blues with all that jazz and more. Yusef lateef biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Music profile for yusef lateef, born 9 october 1920. A hardblowing bebop and hard bop tenor saxophonist, lateef expanded his stylistic menu, doubling on many nonwestern instruments and moving beyond straight jazz into a wide range of styles and sounds. Lateef was born in chattanooga, tennessee, but his family moved to detroit, michigan in 1925. Yusef abdul lateef was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya community in america. Jazz mood savoy, 1957 morning has become, perhaps more than any other of yusefs compositions, a standard. Yusef lateef jazz mood before dawn dreamer cry tender music skip to main content. Yusef lateef yusefs mood complete 1957 sessions with hugh.
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